Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32536 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two anti-tank blocks |
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Summary
In 1996 about 40 World War Two anti-tank blocks, running up the embankment and along the cutting, were noted on this site. They form part of the defences around Norwich linked to the anti-tank ditch (NHER 51893).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2773 0892 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20NE |
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| Parish: | THORPE ST ANDREW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
About 40 anti-tank blocks running up embankment and along cutting. [1]
Date 1940/41.
Survey No. M4-3.
See record form (S1) in file.
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.
A further line of anti-tank blocks (NHER 20338) continues south of Yarmouth Road.
Additional anti-tank blocks have also survived to the northwest, at the junction of Pound Lane and Laundry Lane (NHER 32532)
H. Hamilton (NLA), 26 November 2008.
Monument Types
- TANK TRAP (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey. |
Related records
| 51893 | Related to: Site of World War Two defensive anti tank ditch around city of Norwich (Monument) |
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